Immunization - Pediatric Immunization News

• Alert FDA Authorizes Boosters for Moderna, J&J, Allows Mix-and-Match The FDA has followed the advice of its advisory panels, approving additional doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines, and opening up people's options by letting them switch vaccine type for their booster.
  FDA Approvals, October 20, 2021
• How Likely Are You to Get a COVID-19 Booster Shot? As the number of Americans getting COVID-19 vaccines has risen, there is a heightened push to provide booster shots to some vaccinated persons to ensure that their immunity continues.
  Medscape Reader Polls, October 20, 2021
• White House Announces Vaccination Plans for Younger Children The White House said it has purchased enough vaccine to immunize all 28 million of the country's younger children once the necessary approvals are in place.
  Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2021
• National Academies Issue Guidance for Childhood COVID-19 Vaccines A new "rapid expert consultation" has identified "actionable guidance" that state and local decision-makers can use to communicate with the public.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2021
• Children and COVID: Vaccinations Lower Than Ever As the COVID-19 vaccine heads toward approval for children under age 12 years, the number of older children receiving it dropped for the 10th consecutive week.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2021
• Parents Protest California COVID Vaccine Mandate for Kids Newsom's mandate, announced earlier this month, made California the first state in the country to say it will require the COVID-19 vaccine for schoolchildren.
  Associated Press, October 19, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Cell-Based Flu Shot for Ages 6 Months and Older 'This approval officially allows all eligible Americans to receive a cell-based influenza vaccine, increasing the potential for greater vaccine effectiveness.'
  FDA Approvals, October 19, 2021
• Police Officers Should Get Vaccinated, Fauci Says Police unions across the country have urged members to resist vaccine requirements for their jobs. But Fauci said police officers should view vaccination as a key part of their job.
  WebMD Health News, October 18, 2021
• Paper Links COVID Vaccines to Myocarditis Is Temporarily Removed A paper claiming that myocarditis cases spiked after teenagers began receiving COVID-19 vaccines has earned a "temporary removal."
  Retraction Watch, October 18, 2021
• What Will It Take to Boost Vaccinations? "We've still got to use common sense," Pastor Lewis says. "Anything that can ward off suffering and death, I think, is a wonderful thing."
  Kaiser Health News, October 18, 2021
• Nearly Two Thirds of New Yorkers Are Fully Vaccinated About 12.7 million of New York's 20 million residents are fully vaccinated, according to data released Saturday by the CDC.
  Associated Press, October 18, 2021
• More Children Contracted COVID-19 and Died in September More than 6 million children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, with more than 1.1 million new cases recorded in September alone.
  WebMD Health News, October 18, 2021
• States Can Reserve COVID-19 Shots for Younger Kids This Week States can pre-order COVID-19 vaccine doses for younger children this week as they begin to set up vaccination campaigns for ages 5-11, according to The Associated Press.
  WebMD Health News, October 18, 2021
• Unvaccinated Sailors Will Face Discharge, Navy Says Active-duty sailors who aren't fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 28 could be dis-charged, according to new guidance issued Thursday by the US Navy.
  WebMD Health News, October 18, 2021
• FDA Panel Backs Second Shot for Those Who Got J&J Vaccine While the advisory panel felt the data supporting a booster was limited and unfocused, they unanimously backed a second shot for recipients of the J&J vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, October 15, 2021
• US to Ease International Travel Policy on November 8 "This announcement and date applies to both international air travel and land travel. This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent."
  WebMD Health News, October 15, 2021
• Chicago Cops Won't Be Sent Home Over Vaccine Status — Yet "Officers will continue coming to work until they are told otherwise (and) that they are no longer on pay status."
  Associated Press, October 15, 2021
• Mixing COVID Vaccine Boosters May Be Better Option: Study New research shows that there were few safety issues when mixing and matching vaccines for booster doses, and the immune responses appear to be more potent in cases where vaccines are mixed.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2021
• History Does Repeat: Pandemic Vaccine Uproar Is Nothing New Division and disagreement over vaccines and mandates may seem like a modern phenomenon, but news clippings from the 1860s through recent history tell a different story.
  WebMD Health News, October 14, 2021
• Biden, Fauci Agree: COVID Efforts Working, More Action Needed 'We're making important progress...but now is not the time to let up. We have a lot more to do,' Biden said in White House remarks on the COVID-19 response and the vaccine program.
  WebMD Health News, October 14, 2021